Vernon Coaker

Vernon Coaker (17 June 1953-) was the Labour Party MP for Gedling from 2 May 1997 to 6 November 2019, succeeding Andrew Mitchell and preceding Tom Randall.

Biography
Vernon Coaker was born in London, England on 17 June 1953, and he was a member of the NUT trade union before entering politics with the Labour Party. He served as a Rushcliffe district councillor from 1983 to 1997 and in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2019 as MP for Gedling. He was implicated in an expenses scandal during the 2010s, and he lost re-election amid a blue wave in 2019.